After getting a taste of Cohoes' high-powered offensive attack Saturday afternoon, the Broadalbin-Perth Patriots showed once again they truly know how to take a team's best shot and bounce back.

The Patriots watched the Tigers build a two-touchdown edge in the second quarter of their Section II Class B semifinal showdown, but instead of crumbling, Broadalbin- Perth flourished once its vaunted running game got rolling.

Broadalbin-Perth reeled off 27 points over the final 6:23 of the second quarter and held off a pair of spirited second-half rallies by Cohoes to register a 41-32 victory.

Senior running back Andre Taylor rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns, helping Broadalbin-Perth amass 438 yards on offense as the Patriots overcame a 12-0 deficit.

"Our guys woke up when adversity came their way," Broadalbin-Perth coach Jim Pelneau said. "They could have folded, but they didn't and deserve a lot of credit for that."

The Patriots (8-1) move on to their first Class B Super Bowl appearance, and first title game since 1988, on Saturday night vs. West Division champion Schalmont (9-0) at Shenendehowa. Game time is 7.

Schalmont won 21-3 at Broadalbin-Perth in Week 4. After that game, Taylor remembered what the Sabres said to him during post-game handshakes.

"We'll see you in the Super Bowl," Taylor said. "Well, we made it."

"We wanted another opportunity at them and we're thankful we got it," Pelneau said.

Shelton Alston, who led Cohoes with 116 yards rushing and three touchdowns, put the Tigers (6-3) ahead 12-0 with a five-yard TD run with 7:02 remaining in the second quarter.

Once senior running back Luigi Magliocca found the end zone on a 22-yard touchdown burst with 6:23 left before intermission, the Patriots settled in nicely and seized command at the line of scrimmage.

Touchdown runs by Darius Reyes and Taylor, who scored with 4.4 seconds left, were sandwiched around an eight-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Zach Morreale to senior receiver Mike Visco that made it 27-12 at halftime.

"The last seven minutes of the second quarter is hard to come back from," Cohoes coach James Ducharme said. "We came back from it pretty well, but we just could not stop them in the second quarter. They moved on us at will. (Taylor) pounded us and they capitalized on turnovers, which you have to do at this time of the year."

Cohoes senior quarterback Max Carey threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns — both to Brandon LaForest, But Carey also tossed a pair of costly interceptions in the second quarter.

"LaForest and Alston are great players," Taylor said. "We brought it in (after going down 12-0) and said, 'Hey, we can score, too.' That's what we did."

"Once we settled in, we did what we normally do," Pelneau said. "We have relied on our offensive and defensive lines all year, and they did the job again."

Visco returned the second-half kickoff 72 yards, setting up a 15-yard TD run by Taylor to establish a 34-12 cushion.

The Tigers battled back behind the play of Carey and Alston to cut their deficit to 41-32 with 5:46 remaining.

"That is probably what I'm most proud of: We bounced back after they scored to open the third quarter," Ducharme said.